Visual Effects and Editing Blog

Greetings! Life has been a whirlwind lately, but I’m thrilled to share some educational content for those of you diving into Houdini! Recently, I had a student who was a few months into his Visual Effects journey, focusing on simulation FX. He wanted to create an explosion for his demo reel. This sparked an idea: what if I made .hips that were annotated, detailed, and easy to follow? After hearing the same request from a few more students, here we are! Creating Explosions in

Houdini is everywhere. As one commentor on this video stated, "They could have put any movie in the reel, there is no VFX done without Houdini nowadays." And they aren't that far off.

So what should you learn first... Nuke or After Effects? It's a visual effects artists dilemma and we are tackling it today!

In this short read, we dive into the world of Film Grain in a Digital world... and if should you use it!